Let's Fix our Future: A Business Plan For Britain

The Future Economy Alliance is campaigning for the next UK Government to recognise the value of mission-led organisations working for a purpose beyond profit, and this report details the policy changes needed to make this approach the national norm.

An estimated four million people working in mission-led organisations across the country already provide living proof that business can be a force for good; the Business Plan For Britain outlines a range of policy interventions that could be deployed to unleash the full potential of this pioneering movement. Through measures ranging from tax incentives to corporate governance reform, this report details how government and business can work in partnership to put mission at the heart of our national economy, so that more organisations drive social and environmental benefits alongside financial profits.

With public services from healthcare to housing and energy to water struggling to meet demand and maintain quality, mission-led organisations can deliver better and demands an end to profiteering private providers in state-funded contracts. To reignite the Levelling Up agenda, devolving local economic power to communities can help tackle inequalities. Given the growing climate crisis, mission-led models offer green solutions that work at scale and pushes for a people-powered transition to help deliver Net Zero. And as the rapid rise of new technologies looks set to aggravate workforce skills shortages, a national data strategy is needed to not only harness but share the benefits of this ‘fourth industrial revolution’.